U-Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord, unontlalontle oneminyaka engama-21, wayefowunelwe ngumsindo. Intatheli ibifowunela abahlobo bayo. Akukho nto ndiyenzileyo-kuye nakubani na, ebomini bam bonke-ke andinaxhala lokuba umntu uza kuba ngathi, 'Hayi, wandikhaba,' utshilo. Indenza ndizive ndingonwabanga. Uyazi, ndiziva ngathi le yeyona nkqubo inqabileyo endakha ndayenza. Ndiyatywa nyani yile.
Ubomi bam abukho kumatheko e-cocktail, uqhubeke. Yiyo loo nto ndingaziva ndikhululekile ukufotwa kubo. Uyazi ntoni, ndiyintombazana encinci, Kulungile? Kwaye into yokugqibela endiyifunayo kukuba nenqwaba yezithintelo eziphoselwe ecaleni kwam kuba umntu ubhale ngam ngale ndlela i-ndikhathazekile kakhulu, kufuneka ndiye.
Uye wafowuna kwakhona. Ndinqwenela ukuba ndingakhange ndiqalise kolu hambo lwe-labyrinthine kunye nawe ukuqala, kuba akukho ngaphandle kolawulo engqondweni yam!
Uhambo luqale ukusela emva kwemini kwindawo yokutyela e-East Side egama lingu-212. Sithe xa singena, umamkeli zindwendwe wabuza ukuba sikunye neqela labali-15.
Ewe, awubaboni bonke abantu ngasemva kwethu? UNks Kieselstein-Cord uphendule. Kodwa hayi ngendlela ye-snide, wayenza yacaca. Ndisoloko ndithetha nje into yokuqala ethi qatha engqondweni yam, watsho emva kokuba sihleli phantsi.
UNks. Kieselstein-Cord ulusu olucekeceke, ulusu lwe-caramel, iinwele ezimdaka ezimdaka, amehlo amakhulu e-hazel kunye nemilebe echazwe njengonodoli ngumlingiswa wefilimu kaWoody Allen ka-1996 eyakha ngokutsha uHarry, apho wabonakala njengongeziwe.
Ifoto kaNks. Kieselstein-Cord ivele kwiHarper's Bazaar kunye noW. Utata wakhe, uBarry Kieselstein-Cord, ngumyili owaziwayo wezinto ezinexabiso eliphezulu- iibhanti, iibhegi, izacholo, iiglasi zelanga – ezithandwa eManhattan, kodwa ziqwalaselwe. ezinesitayile ngakumbi kwiindawo ezinjengeHouston kunye neDallas. Umama wakhe, uCece, ligcisa kunye noluntu.
Ngelixa uNks. Kieselstein-Cord edanyisiwe kunye nawo onke amanye amdaka It Girls yaseNew York circa 2001, uthi uyadideka kukuqwalaselwa akufumanayo.
Ndiyifumene ingumnqa kakhulu xa ndigoduka ndimamele umatshini wokuphendula, utshilo, kwaye kukho yonke le miyalezo ivela kubantu abafuna ukusebenza nam, malunga neeprojekthi ezahlukeneyo. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba, ‘Kutheni emhlabeni befuna ukwenza oku?’ Kwaye ndiyabona, ndiyinxalenye yezinto ezenza iNew York New York.
UNks Kieselstein-Cord uhlala kwigumbi lokuhlala e-Upper East Side. Isithandwa sakhe, uStanley, uneminyaka engama-30, usebenza kwezemali kwaye ngoyena mntu ugqwesileyo ndikhe ndamazi, utshilo.
Malunga neenyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo, waqala ukusebenza ngokusisigxina noyise. Ufuna ukuba aqhube ishishini ngenye imini. Yile nto ebehlala eyifuna, ukusukela ndisemncinci, utshilo. Uyazi, uyinkampu eyonwabileyo. Utata wam ungumfo obalaseleyo kwaye ndingumntwana okuphela kwakhe, ke yena wonwabile kukuba ndingakwazi ukubiza isilabhili. Inkcazo yomsebenzi ikhula yonke imihla ngokucacileyo. Ngoku wonke umntu unje, 'Nceda ushiye inkampani!'
Kuqala wenza ukubonakala buqu, kodwa ngoku ukongamela isebe loyilo. Uphinda azobe izinto. Ngamanye amaxesha iqela loyilo lijonga ukuhlekisa kwakhe. Ngamanye amaxesha unokuzoba iringi, iya kwenziwa kwangoko kwaye umntu ayokuyithenga kwangoko. Ukwahlangana nabathengi kwaye ubamba inqaba kwi-boutique yenkampani eBergdorf Goodman kwiFifth Avenue.
Emva kwesidlo sasemini, imoto yayiza kulinda ukuba imthabathe ifoto yemagazini yeGotham. Uya kuba lapho kunye nolunye ulutsha lwabantu basetyhini, kubandakanya i-heiress yehotele uNikki Hilton, owathi, kunye nodadewabo eParis, waboniswa njengentombazana yeqela elithandekayo.
Wayenxibe ntoni?
Ewe, umama wandifumana ezi zihlangu malunga neminyaka emithathu edlulileyo eDallas, utshilo uNks. Kieselstein-Cord, ephakama etafileni. Kwaye undizisele le nto ivela eSanta Fe, isongo esiluhlaza sase-India. Kwaye yolule, ke kumnandi! Ndicinga ukuba ezi zizihlangu zikaGucci, kwaye ingayenza le nto ibe kukuphela kwento endiyinxibayo! Kwaye basezinyaweni zam.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, UNks Kieselstein-Cord wayesendlwini katata wakhe gargantuan uptown, apho ahlala khona kwaye esebenza khona. Iifoto, ezathathwa nguyise, zikho kuyo yonke indawo: U-Elizabeth omncinci kwihashe lakhe, u-Snowbell; Elizabeth imodeli yokufikisa. Kukho ezinye kwingqokelela esisigxina kwithala leencwadi loluntu laseNew York, utshilo ngokungathandekiyo.
UNks. Kieselstein-Cord wayehleli kwizinyuko ezinombala oluhlaza kwaye wathetha.
URoald Dahl ngumbhali wam endimthandayo, utshilo. Ndikhumbula ukuba wabhala wathi, ‘Itywina laphuma emanzini lisine inkohliso.’ Oko akuzange kushiye kum. Ivela kwelinye lamabali akhe amafutshane. Ndikhumbula ndifunda loo tata xa ndandineminyaka eyi-11, kwaye wahamba, 'Wow.' Ndikhule ndifunda iincwadi zakhe, kwaye ndicinga ukuba inefuthe kwindlela endithetha ngayo kunye nendlela endibhala ngayo kunye nendlela endicinga ngayo kunye indlela endibona ngayo umhlaba.
Uthe utata wakhe uza kubuya kwakamsinya kwaye uza konwaba kakhulu xa endibona, asizukufumana nto!
Utya itshizi nenyama ebomvu. Ubalise ibali malunga nokuba kumgca we-buffet xa umntu ebeka ii-oysters zeRoyy Mountain kwisitya sakhe. Ndathi kumncedisi, 'Bendingazi ukuba kukho iimbatyisi kwiiRocky Mountains,' utshilo. Kwaye wathi, ‘Owu, lawo ngamatyhalarha ebison.’ Ndaze ndakhwaza, ‘Iibhola zeebhokhwe’? ’Kwaye zadubula zaphuma emlonyeni wam! Njengeebhola ze-ping-pong, njengaleyo ibonisa ukuba abantu baya kwiMpuma Ekude, uyazi? Yayiyintlekele! Nangona kunjalo, yinyama leyo andiyithandiyo.
Ebuzwa ukuba yeyiphi enye into angayithandiyo, wenza ilizwi lakhe lekhathuni eliphakamileyo uPikachú – ilizwi athi walenza ngaphambi kokuba ikhathuni iphume- wathi, Ndikufumanisa kungathandeki ukubakho phambi kweenyoka.
Uxoxe ngayo yonke ingqalelo ebeyifumana mva nje.
Khange ndizikhethele ngqo ukuba ndibhalelwe, utshilo, ekhankanya itheko lokuzalwa elimangazayo uStanley wamphosa kutshanje. Kwakungasese kakhulu, kwaye bonke aba bantu ndingabamemanga beza. Njengo-Ivanka Trump, endandifunda naye, ngubani oyintombazana ethandekayo-asingobahlobo nje. Kwaye zonke ezi zinto, njengee-supermodels kunye nabantu ababalulekileyo babekhona. Ndaske ndaxakwa ukuba kutheni belapho.
Ikholamu yesithandathu yeNew York Post inike ingxelo yokuba ibishukumisa umzimba wayo onamandla phezu kwetafile kwitheko layo. Uthe wothuka. Utata wandifundela lonto, watsho. Nanini na xa umntu esithi, 'Usephepheni'-- kwaye ndiyayifumana mhlawumbi yonke imihla ngoku-intliziyo yam yehla, ndilinde ukuva ukuba yintoni. Kuhlala kukho la mabala am apho kungenakwenzeka ukuba ndibekho. Uyazi yintoni, ndiyifumanisa ihlekisa. Ndinethamsanqa kakhulu; Akukho mntu uthethile kakubi. Andikwazi ukukhathazeka kakhulu ngenxa yezi zinto zincinci, kuba ndiya kuziqhuba. Ndiyathetha, yintoni iPhepha lesiThandathu phofu? Yintoni yonke le nto? Ziziqwenga zamaphepha eziqwengayo ngosuku olulandelayo.
UNks Kieselstein-Cord ebekwishishini losapho ukusukela oko wayemncinci. Iingqokelela zathiywa ngegama lakhe; wafotwa kwintengiso. Uchithe ixesha elininzi nabantu abadala kunabadlali.
Ndiyawuthanda umculo, ndacula, ndonwabe kakhulu, watsho. Ndandicinga kakhulu njengomntwana. Oku kuyamangalisa ngokupheleleyo, kodwa bendihlala ndinomdla kwizengqondo nakwifilosofi nakumlingo, ngokumangalisayo ngokwaneleyo. Andithethi umlingo omhlophe, kodwa ndandinomdla kwezinye iindlela zokuphila. Imifuno ye-homeopathic, njengomntwana omncinci. Ileta yam yasenkulisa ithi kubazali bam, uElizabeth unomdla ngokungathandabuzekiyo, wachaza ngenye imini -ndikukhumbule, ndandineminyaka emi-5 ukuba 'wayothuke ngokunyanisekileyo' yindlela azenza ngayo izinto. Ngoku ngaba yipateni yokuthetha yomntwana oneminyaka emihlanu? Hayi ke bendingaqhelekanga.
Waye kwisikolo samantombazana onke saseManhattan iChapin, awayethe uyayithiya. Uthe iklasi yakhe yayinengxaki yokutya kunye neziyobisi.
Ngesinye isihlandlo, kwibanga lesine, umntu wambamba waza wazama ukunqumla iinwele zakhe.
Utata wayendixelele wathi, 'Ukuba kukho umntu okunika ingxaki, bambethe ebusweni,' utshilo. Wayendiphatha njengonyana; wayefuna unyana. Undicinge njengo Mini Me.
Ke wakhaba intombazana egama linguNicole, wabetha ngenqindi intombazana egama linguLindsay watyhala idesika phezu kwentombazana egama linguAlix.
Aba asingobantu esiva ngabo kwakhona, utshilo uNkskz. Kieselstein-Cord. Andiqondi ukuba benze lukhulu ngeziqu zabo.
Ndijonge enye yeemodeli ze-waif ezikhulayo, njengoKate Moss, uqhubeke. Ndandingenguye omnye wala mantombazana ayekhangeleka eqinile ngokwenyani kwaye enezemidlalo kwaye epholile, eneenwele ezinde nezingqindilili. Ngenye imini, untanga wazisa ifoto kaNks. Kieselstein-Cord evela kumsitho wesisa kwaye wabhengeza, Uyabona, uElizabeth akamhle kangako – jonga lo mfanekiso!
Ngelo xesha, abazali bakhe babenxulumana nabayili befashoni kunye neenkwenkwezi zerock. U-Elisabeth oselula waxhawula uRonald Reagan kwi-White House. Kwisidlo sangokuhlwa eParis, wadibana ne-supermodel u-Elle Macpherson kunye noMichael Hutchence, imvumi ekhokelayo ye-rock band INXS, owasweleka ngo-1997 (ukusuka apho, kwakusithiwa yi-autoerotic asphyxiation). Wathatha ukukhanya kuye. Wayeneminyaka eli-12.
Baye bothuka abantu kwitheko lokuba ndikhona, kuba ndandimncinci, utshilo. Kwaye ndiyakhumbula ukuba mna naye sathetha ubusuku bonke, kwaye umama wayenelihlo likhetshe kwaye unje, 'Yima umzuzwana, wenzani nentombi yam?' Unje, 'Ndiyathandana nentombi yakho; Ndifuna ukubhala ingoma ngaye. '
UHutchence waqala ukubiza umnumzana Kieselstein-Cord, embuza ukuba angayithatha na intombi yakhe bayokutya isidlo sangokuhlwa. Utatakhe wathi hayi.
Kwinqanaba lesithoba, wathathwa njengemvumi yeqela lamakhwenkwe onke kwisikolo seCollegiant. Yeyona nto ibalaseleyo kum, utshilo uNkosazana Kieselstein-Cord. Kuba ndandingenabahlobo esikolweni. Andikwazi ukudibanisa nabani na.
Kwinqanaba le-10, watshintshela kwiSikolo soBathathu Emnye esidibeneyo. Andiqondi ukuba abantu bangandiqonda, utshilo. Kungenxa yokuba ndandikho, ndinxibe isinxibo sam sikaPatricia, ndiphumelela amabhaso athile kwezemfundo kwaye ndibaleka nazo zonke izibonelelo zesikolo kwaye ndinika iintetho kwaye ndiphumelela amabhaso okubhala. Kwaye amabali am ayakuba kuwo onke amaphephancwadi esikolo, kwaye xa kufika ixesha lokufaka imidlalo kaShakespeare, kwakukho abanye abantu ababekhala ngokwenene xa ndinika le ntetho kaShakespeare.
Waqala ukunxiba iminqwazi epinki epinki, iithayithi zombane eziluhlaza kunye neeteddy-bear back-pack ngaphambi kokuba umntu acinge ukuba zipholile, utshilo.
Yonke yayiyinxalenye yesicwangciso, yeentlobo: Ndicinga ukuba ndinako, kwaye ndiyisebenzise kakhulu njenge-crutch, ukubonakala ngathi ndinengqondo kunam, utshilo.
UNks Kieselstein-Cord waphela kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown eWashington, D.C. Kwiiveki ezintathu kulonyaka wakhe wokuqala, abazali bakhe bamxelela ukuba bayahlukana. Wafika ekhaya.
Ibindim kuphela umntwana, kwaye andazi ukuba ngubani omnye obajongileyo, utshilo. Andizange ndikuqonde, kuba abazali bam babeluhlobo lwabantu ababedanisa kunye ekhitshini, uyazi? Kwaye kwahleka kakhulu. Babesoloko bekunye kwaye bahlala bendithatha kwaye sasibambene kakhulu. Khange ndikwazi ukuyimela.
Wayengenako ukugcina umtshato wabo, ke wafudukela eParis kwaye waba ngumzekelo wefashoni. Umsebenzi wam wokuqala wawungowaseMelika Vogue kwaye USteven Meisel wayidubula, ke akufani nangemva kokuba bendinengxaki enkulu, utshilo.
Uye wathi ulilolo, kodwa iParis yayilixesha lokukhanyiselwa.
Ndikhule ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, utshilo uNks. Kieselstein-Cord. Andazi nokuba ndakhe ndazenzela isandwich ngaphambi kokuba ndiye eParis.
Kodwa wayeyimodeli enomdla. Andizukuya kwizikhundla zam, utshilo.
Ke wabuyela eManhattan. Ikholeji kuya kufuneka ilinde.
Uthe ngoku ufunda inoveli entsha kaSteve Martin, uShopgirl.
Ndicinga ukuba ngumdlali onesiphiwo kakhulu; Ndandinomdla wokubona ukuba angabhala na, utshilo. Kwaye uyazi ntoni? Anga. Ndicinga ukuba ngumntu othile, kokukhona eqhubeka nokubhala, kokukhona eya kuphucula. Kodwa bendicinga ukuba sisiqalo esihle. Ndinamaphepha amabini ndingene kwaShopgirl kwaye andazi nokuba ndizakuwugqiba na.
Abo bahlala bejonge izityebi zedolophu bacinga ukuba uNks. Kieselstein-Cord uye waziphepha ii-vibes ezimbi eziye zaziqinisa koodade baseHilton kunye noontanga babo abaninzi abafumana imali.
Ndicinga ukuba uthembisa kakhulu, utshilo umhleli woluntu waseVanity Fair uKristina Stewart. Ndicinga ukuba yenye yezona zilungileyo. Ndibona uElisabeth kuyo yonke ibhokisi yesanti esefashonini, ukusuka eSouthampton ukuya eSt Tropez. Ndicinga ukuba abantu baya kuba nomdla kwinto ayinxibileyo, apho aya khona kunye naye ixesha elide elizayo.
Ngaphaya kwiphephancwadi iManhattan File, umhleli uCristina Greeven wavuma. Ayikhathazi into yokuba utata wakhe u-Barry Kieselstein-Cord kunye nonina ahlalisane kakhulu kwaye ethandwa kakhulu, ke yena sele sele enalo, U-Greeven uthe. Kwaye unembonakalo, ukuqala.
Unomfanekiso owomeleleyo ngoku, utshilo uJessica Meisels. Akakho trendy kakhulu. Ndikhumbula unyaka onesiqingatha eyadlulayo, xa iminqwazi yenkomo yayinkulu, nangaphambi koko, ndiyakhumbula ndimbona ephuma njengomnqwazi wenkomo. Wayephethe isitya seenkomo phambi kukaMadonna.
UNks Meisels ukhumbule itheko lokugqibela ukuwa. Kwakukho iitoni zemodeli apho, utshilo. Xa wayengena, kwakungathi ufikile uJulia Roberts: ‘Elisabeth!’ Wema ngaphandle engqeleni eqhaqhazelis ’amazinyo, wakhulula ibhatyi yakhe wema. Kwaye akanalo ihlazo emva kwakhe. Akenzanga iintshaba kwindawo leyo.
Ngenye imini, ndisihla ngeFifth Avenue, UNks Kieselstein-Cord wathi, Ndiyakholelwa ngokwenyani ukuba ndihlala kwelona xesha lihle nendawo. Ndiyathetha, eli lelona xesha linobulali. Sinento entle kakhulu. Sinamayeza. Xa ucinga ngeMfazwe Zomnqamlezo — kwaye ngaba uyazi ukuba abantu abaninzi babulawa kwiiMfazwe Zomnqamlezo inyanga nenyanga kunokubulawa kwabantu ngenkohlakalo? Ndiyathetha, bekukho nje abaxheli abaninzi kuyo yonke imbali, izinto ezininzi ezoyikekayo – kwaye into ebuhlungu, zisenzeka kwihlabathi liphela. Asazi nje ngabo, kuba sinamathele kakhulu eMelika. Andiyi kuphinda ndifune ukuba kwenye indawo. Ndiyathetha, ndihlala kwiimeko ezinethamsanqa.
